“But what do you really want to do?” This was a question I had never asked myself. Every position I’d ever taken was for either the experience or the salary, and I was never happy in any of them. I would say things like, “It’s okay for now,” while I counted down the hours until I could clock out for the day. And I had always felt strapped to my desk, because I needed a steady paycheck for all my bills and debt repayment. I would buy things because I thought they would help me become a better version of myself, and I would take jobs with higher salaries because I needed to pay for it all. I had
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